Television

NAMES & FACES

July 8, 2004

Party of Five alumnus Scott Wolf has joined the cast of the WB's Everwood. He will play a California doctor who takes over Dr. Abbott's practice, Variety reports.

MUSIC

Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg is recording an album with production powerhouses the Neptunes tentatively titled R&G: (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece, Geffen Records says. The album is set for a Nov. 16 release. It will be Snoop's latest since Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Boss in 2002.

Sean Connery has a contract to write his autobiography but confesses to trepidation about the project. HarperCollins has a deal with the Scottish actor for a memoir to be published in 2006. "Having always vowed never to write my autobiography, here I am standing on the runway awaiting my journey into a new space. It's rather scary, but utterly exhilarating, and I'm looking forward to it," the publisher quotes Connery as saying.

The "Got milk?" magazine ads featuring Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen have been retracted. Mary-Kate recently entered a treatment program for what her publicist called a "health-related issue." Hugh Williams, a director with the Milk Processor Education Program, says the ads were pulled out of "sensitivity to their current situation." He says the ads may run in the future.

James M. Doohan, the actor who played Scotty on the '60s Star Trek TV series and later films, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Doohan, 84, was diagnosed "within the last couple months," his agent, Steven Stevens, says. Doohan, who lives in the Seattle suburb of Redmond, Wash., also has suffered for some time with Parkinson's disease, diabetes and fibrosis, the latter due to chemical exposure during World War II when he was a soldier in the Canadian military.

Angelina Jolie, proud Cambodian? Hun Sen, the prime minister of Cambodia, has offered the actress citizenship in recognition for her nature conservation work in the country. Jolie says she would accept the citizenship if given.